A Beautiful Catastrophe - Book 1

Chapter 46 - I'm Doomed!

Those gorgeous and rare purple eyes... I might not be able to remember his name, but I remembered his face! He was that handsome genius that was reported in the news months ago! But what was he doing here? Then, I noticed the stunning girl beside him with lilac hair. She, too, had purple eyes just like him!

Wait a minute... Could it be? Were they the Ma twins? They're so handsome and beautiful! In fact, their faces were out of this world! They were like celestials, or elves, or angels, or like those RPG characters with insane beauty. How could someone—or some two—have such perfect features? And perfect bodies? And with purple eyes I tell you! And that wasn't all—the guy was a genius! They're super rich, too. Was there anything they didn't have? I'm feeling a little jelly again.

Drowned in my jealous thoughts, the event continued. Apart from the entertaining performances, I didn't understand the rest of the things that the emcees said. Feeling a bit bored, I texted a simple hello to Kai, Hora, and Ken. The first one to respond was Kai.

"What's up?" he replied.

"Wow. You're replying instead of calling. That's new. Finally had the urge to use your fingers?" Wait, that sounded a bit wrong so I hurriedly corrected it and added, "to type?"

"It's noisy where I'm at right now. So I can't call."

"Same here. This event is nice but a bit boring in some parts since I can't relate much." Then, I wasn't sure what came to me but I added on my text, "Good thing there's a handsome guy two tables away from me. I'm staring at him right now. Need some reference for my next story which will be a fantasy romance."

"Ha-ha. I guess he's handsome enough to get inspiration from?"

"Yes! He really is! Maybe I should take a pic?"

"That's rude."

"Just kidding. But he's really so handsome! Like celestial level handsome! I wonder if I can take a picture of him later? I'll try to ask permission."

"Goodluck."

"I needed that. I'll ask the girl, too. He's sitting beside a gorgeous girl as well. I think I'll use her as inspiration for my female lead's best friend. I'm thinking of naming her Selena. What do you think?"

"Nice name."

"Come on. Type more than that. You're such a lazy typer!"

"I have nothing to say."

"Ugh... oh wait! He's smiling! The handsome guy! Woah... his smile is so mesmerizing. He's totally male lead material. I need to take his details down. He's looking over his phone. Maybe someone sent a joke message to him. Or he's browsing 8gag."

"8gag?"

"You know, that site with funny memes and gifs."

"I see. Scarecrow and Casper liked that."

"Yes. Sometimes I go there, too. Oh! He stopped smiling. He's back to his serious face again. It seems like he's getting called to the stage. Too bad. He's handsome but he looks very intimidating. I should take note of that, too."

It took him a few seconds before he replied again.

"Are you texting me as a way to jot down your notes?"

"Ha-ha-ha! It seems I'm busted." I found myself chuckling like an idiot.

As I was about to send my next reply, I heard my name called out to the stage. Oh shoot! I hadn't prepared any speech!

"... Our Rookie award goes to... Ms. Senara Lee!" was the only part I heard from the emcee. I wasn't listening anymore because I was texting Kai. Waaah... I'm so doomed. What if they said something important?

Thankfully, someone ushered me to the stage while the spotlight followed me. I was so nervous that I felt my palms sweat up a bit and my heart wouldn't stop thumping loud in my chest. I tried my best to smile at least, trying to hide the butterflies in my stomach.

Badump! Badump! Badump!

On the stage, all the VIPs were lined up. Most of them I wasn't familiar with, except for Mr. Purple Eyes. I walked up slowly, careful not to stumble since my shoes still had a bit of heels on it. The emcees, who were a pair of a beautiful middle-aged woman, and another good looking guy, gestured to me to go towards the center. I followed them and I felt that the other VIPs did the same. I looked to my right and someone was giving them a crystal plaque. One of the older men took it. Then, we lined up across the stage for picture taking followed by hand shakes. Last on the line were the gorgeous twins. The young lady smiled at me and took my hand. And as for the young master, I wasn't sure if I should even offer my hand.

I hesitated while bowing my head. I didn't have the courage to look at him up close nor shake his hands. I was reminded of the things Ms. Qian Yu warned us about.

"Never ever touch them... especially the young master."

Her words echoed in my head. But then I thought, it would be completely rude if I didn't even offer my hand. I should just let him ignore me, right? That's better than me being rude to him.

Finally deciding to offer my hand for a shake, I walked a bit closer to him, and smiled.

"Thank you very much," I murmured as I offered my hand.

Suddenly, I felt something weird wrapped around the ankles of my left foot! I jolted and because of that, lost my balance and—

THUMP!

"Ahhh!" I could hear the crowd gasping in shock.

F*ck! Now, I've done it! And just when we were warned about it!

I... Senara Lee... would probably be ending my writing career as soon as I start it!

Why?

Because I slipped and fell at the arms of the grumpiest person in the world!

My face was on his chest! And both my hands held onto his arms with my weight pressing on him.

Damn it! What should I do? I felt tears formed in the corners of my eyes as my hands trembled in fear.

I'm doomed!

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